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C. P. EISENHAUER.

WATER PUMPING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-71 1919.

1,328,989, Patented J 2111. 27, 1920.

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C(P. EISENHAUER.

WATER PUMPING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-7,1919.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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WATER PUMPING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED Aueiz, I919.

1,328,989, Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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CHARLES P. EISENHAUER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BURNETT-LARSH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DAYTONQOHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WATER-PUMPING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed August 7, 1919. Serial No. 315,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. EisennxUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Water- Pumping Systems, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to water supply systems, it more particularly relating to a system in which the water is pumped from a well or other sources of supply.

An object of the invention is to provide for readily installing an attachment which will permit the retention of the usual mounting plate for the power head and motor on top of the ground or floor line and at the same time allow for the installation of the piping and water box at any su1table point below the frost line.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved air pump and valve for the system which will permit the ready discharge of water which may have accumulated in the pump.

Further objects of my invention will appear from the accompanying description and drawings.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a pump to which my improvements are applicable.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the deep well attachment for the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the air pump valve and chamber.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the difi'erential cylinder and its head.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the discharge valve and its cap.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the supporting base of the pump containing the water and air chambers. i

Fig. 7 is a section of the same, the section being on the line 55 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the deep well water and air chamber attachment.

Fig. 9 is a section of the same, the section being on the line 7-7 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a side View of my improvements, partly in section, showing the same assembled for deep well pumping.

The pump which I have illustrated in con nection with my improvements is of the double acting differential plunger type. 1 representing a housing in which the mechaperforated ears 5 by which it may nism for operating a plunger is located, the.

legs of the housing being suitably secured to and supported by a base 2, 3 representing threaded openings in the base which receive screw bolts 4 which are projected through an extended flange on the lower edge of the housing legs for the purpose. Each corner of the base is also provided with extended be secured upon any suitable foundation. Threaded in the opening 6 of the base is the usual drop pipe 7 inclosing a smaller cylinder 8 in which operates a piston (not shown) upon the plunger 10. The cylinder 8 has a threaded connection with a circular head and this head is secured by screws to the planed surface 13 on the upper side of the base. A cap 12, (Fig. 5) is also secured by screws to an adjoining planed surface 1 1 on the upper side of the base; both of these planed surfaces being provided with threaded openings 15 to receive the screws.

The base is cored out to provide chambers 16, 17 and 18 in the usual way, the valve casing 19 of an air pump 20 being screwed into the threaded opening 21 so as to communicate with the chamber 17. The cap 12 forms a guide for the stem of a check valve 12 which controls the opening 22 between the chambers 16 and 18. A threaded open- 1 ing 23 communicating with the chamber 18 receives thethreaded end of a pipe 24 which leads to the air chamber 25.

The construction thus far described rep resents the usual installation of the system, in which it will be seen that the water chamhers and connections are located at the floor or ground line. In some cases, however, it is desirable to place the water chambers and connections below the frost line or for other purposes to drop them down to a point well below the ground line or place of support for the pump. In order to provide for such installation in an easy, ready and economical way, we employ an auxiliary discharge head 26, shown in Figs. 2, 8 and 9. This auxiliary head is cored out to form the same water valve and air chambers indicated by 16, 17 and 18 with the same threaded opening 6 to receive the drop pipe; with the same planed surfaces 13 and 14 and openings 15 to receive the head 11 and cap 12; the same threaded opening 21 to receive the air pump; and the same threaded'opening 23 to receive the discharge pipe 2 1. Four vertical rods 27 are provided for supporting this auxiliary head 26 and for this urpose the main base 2 has a series of our openings 28 to receive the upper ends of the rods, and the auxiliary head 26 is provided with a series of four openings 29 to receive, the lower ends of the rods; nuts 30 threaded on the ends of the rods being employed to secure the rods in position.

In making this installation the head 11 carrying the cylinder 8 and the cap 12 carrying the check valve, together with the air pump and discharge pipe 24 and its connected parts, are removed from the base 2 and secured to their proper positions upon the head 26. An extended plunger rod 10 is substituted.

The piston rod 31 of the air pump is operated from the plunger 10 by a connection 32 which operates in the leg openings of housing 1; the upper ends of the connections 32 having a ent end 32 secured to the pump piston and its lower end having an oppositely bent end 32 suitably clamped to the plunger 10. When the pump is removed from the base 2, this connection will, of course, be disconnected from the plunger at that point and again connected to the plunger at the proper place in proximity to the auxiliary chambered casting 26.

The valve chamber 19 of the air pump has an exteriorly threaded portion 33 to screw into the threaded openings 21 or 21, and an interiorly threaded portion 34 to receive, the threaded lower end of the air similar material is supported by a spring 40' interposed between the valve and a bridge 41. A series of ribs 42, the lower ends of" which terminate in stops 43, are provided on thejnterior of the chamber .toguide and limit the. movement of the valve. Above the valved ort is an extension 44 of the valve, chain r having a passageway 45 communicating with the interior of the chamber, to which passageway leads a small port 46 which communicates with a port 47 open to the atmosphere and which is controlled by a needle valve 49, the head 50 of which is formed to receive the lower end of, an operating rod 51 so that when the pump is installed upon the auxiliar casting 25, the valve 49 may be opera from the flooror groundline. The purpose of the ports 45, 46 and 47 and the valve 49 is to permit the escape or waste of the pumped air for regulating purposes as determined by the adjustment of the valve 49.

By the construction of valve described, the valve is not only effective in performing its functions in connection with the pumping of air, but will also permit the discharge of a full cylinder of water in the event that water should find its way into the pump cylinder for any reason such as by foreign matter lodging upon the valve seat; this discharge of water being accomplished by pro iding a port of ample proportions as wel as ample space in the valve chamber below said port and about the valve. By having the valve provided with the disk of rubber or other so'ft material which seats directly against the valve seat, leakage of air or water is obviated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a water system, the combination of a main chambered supporting base, and an auxiliary member similarly chambered, together with means for supporting said auxiliary member at a distant point; from said main base portion, both the main base portlOIlflIld auxiliary member having similarly formed points of attachment for associated operating parts.

2. In a water system, the combination of a main chambered supporting base, a removable air pumpsupported thereby, a removable plston cylinder likewise supported thereby, an auxiliary member similarlv chambered and with similar points of at tachment for said pump and cylinder, and means for supporting said auxiliarv member at a distant point from said main portion.

3 In a water system, the combination of a main chambered supporting base. an auxiliary member similarly chambered, both of said elements having points of attachment for rods whereby said auxiliary chambered member may be supported at-a distant point below said main base portion. said min base portion and, auxiliary member being also provided with similar points of attachment for a removable air pump and mmov; able cylinder.

4. In a watersystem, the combination of,a main. chambered supporting base, an" auxillary member similarly chambered, both said elements having points of attachment for rods whereby said auxiliary chambered member may besupported at a distant point below said main base portion, said main base portion and auxillary member being alsoprovided with similar points of attache ment for a removable air pump, a removable cylinder, and a for a removable check valve guide,

5. In a water system, the combination of a mam supporting base and an auxili member, sai base and member being e255 provided with similarly formed chambers having a valve controlled opening between the same and also each having a threaded opening to receive a drop pi and a threaded opening to receive a disc arge pipe connection, said main base and auxiliary member being also each provided with points of attachment for supporting rods whereby said auxiliary member may be supported at a distant point below said main base and have connected therewith a drop pipe member and the pipe connection removed from said main base portion.

6. In a water system, the combination of a main supporting base and an auxiliary member, said base and member being each provided with similarly formed chambers having a valve controlled opening between the same and also each having a threaded opening to receive a drop pipe communicating with one of said chambers and a threaded opening to receive a discharge pipe connectlon communicating with the other chamber, said base and auxiliary fmember also each having a similarly formed point of attachment for a. check valve support and each being also provided with points of attachment for supporting rods whereby said chambered member at a distant point from said main base member, said base and auxiliary member being providedwith similar points of attachment for an air pump, a piston plunger associated with said system; and a removable connection between said plunger and the piston rod of said pump whereby said pump and its connection may jbe removed from said main base ortion and the pump connected with sai auxiliary mem er and said connection attached to said plunge-r at a point in proximity to said auxiliary member.

8. In a water system, the combination of a main supporting base and an auxiliary member, said base and auxiliary member being provided with points of attachment for attachable supports whereby said auxiliary member may be supported at a distant point below saidfmain base, said main base and said auxiliary member being each provided with similarly formed chambers, and also with points {of attachment for an air pump, a piston chamber, a drop pipe, and a discharge outlet.

9. In a water system, the combination of a water chamber, an ai'rpump connected with said chamber, said pump having a valve chamber provided with a port of comparatively large dimensions, together with adownwardly projecting flange about the edge of said port, a spring-pressed valve provided with a disk of soft material to seat against said flange, and spaced-apart guides and stops for said valve on the inner wall of said chamber, thespaces between said guides being of sufficient size as to permit the passage of fluid discharged through said port.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this th day of July, 1919.

CHARLES P. EISENHAUER.

Witnesses:

J. A. WoR'rMAN, R. S. SHUEY. 

